Mafia Wars challenged us to answer a simple question: How do you reveal people the world thinks it already knows?sss
Created by Founders Fund and brought to life with The Big Picture, I was invited to help shape the creative format and direct a production that could capture some of the world's most influential founders and investors exactly as they are. No interviews. No rehearsed stories. No second takes.
Using a near invisible cinematic approach, combining discreet 360 technology with traditional cinema cameras, we designed a production that disappeared into the room, allowing every alliance, bluff, betrayal, laugh, and unexpected moment to unfold naturally. What you see is exactly what happened.
The result is an honest look at remarkable people in a setting where strategy, competition, humor, and personality emerge in ways a traditional interview never could. It was an ambitious creative challenge and one that proved there are still entirely new ways to tell authentic human stories.